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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell

@iaskquestions.bsky.social
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Feminist, theater history professor, dramaturg, parent of humans, lover of dogs, ally. Investigative journalism admirer. BLM🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ AAUP: One Faculty Opinions mine, not my employer’s. www.emerald.com/insight/publication…

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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Increased “efficiency” of the publication process supports the demand for greater output among authors from their administrative overlords. Also supports the academic publishing industry’s ever-ballooning price tags to libraries.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I wonder whether editors in the humanities are seeing similar trends.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Nothing to see here.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Read this excellent piece by @cmcanning.bsky.social . She hits the nail on the head.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Such a great piece! Thank you for doing this work!
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Nothing about water or energy consumption. At a facility that will literally sit on the rapidly receding shore of the GSL, as toxic dust wafts in all directions.
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Ours is a deeply broken society, with wildly unserious & misplaced priorities when it comes to public institutions of higher education. Also, again, marginal wealth & income taxes are too low & this poses an existential threat to American democracy & society.
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Indiana University To Discontinue More Than 100 Academic Programs
Indiana University-Bloomington is ending 116 academic programs in a restructuring that comes after Indiana passed a law requiring a review of low-enrollment programs.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Cool, cool, cool. Trump Fires Board Members of Group That Oversees U.S. Science Funding www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u...
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Trump Fires Board Members of Group That Oversees U.S. Science Funding
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
These people… and the naïveté of the provost saying it was all going to be ok… Did they just fall off the turnip truck?
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Incivil (and Wasteful) Civic Centers open.substack.com/pub/academic...
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Incivil (and Wasteful) Civic Centers
The right wing make work of those splashy new university centers.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
We also have a ticking time bomb to our west that is not being addressed with the urgency it requires.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
These fucking guys. Trump Administration Pulls Out of Civil Rights Settlements Backing Trans Students www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/u...
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Trump Administration Pulls Out of Civil Rights Settlements Backing Trans Students
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
I have polled my students on their feelings about AI and I would say about 95% are vehemently anti-AI for a host of reasons. This gives me some hope.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
If Trump’s promise of having an alternative to the ACA available for review in “a couple of weeks” back in 2016 is any indication, the Iran War might last a little while longer than he is claiming it will.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
One idea: he doesn’t know? Because his daily briefing consists of a 2-minute snuff video of shit blowing up in Iran. (Not that he would care if he knew.)
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Now that we are over a year in, I guess we can dispense with the charade of including women in the cabinet. Just a few left! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/u...
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Trump Fires Pam Bondi as Attorney General
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Bravo, sir! Best Oval Office Address ever. You will soon get another trophy from Congressional Republicans. Here’s How Major Markets Are Moving www.nytimes.com/2026/04/01/b...
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Here’s How Major Markets Are Moving
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
We live in hell.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Yep.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
You have to pay extra now to book seats together. So even if you book far in advance, you may not be able to select your seats.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
SCOTUS must be reformed. Failure to do so by the next Democratic majority would be total malpractice. This has got to be the priority going forward. Justices Reject Colorado Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/u...
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Justices Reject Colorado Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Not at war. Just an “excursion” [sic]. Nothing to see here… There Are Now Over 50,000 American Troops in the Mideast www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/u...
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There Are Now Over 50,000 American Troops in the Mideast
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
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AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying
LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
And yet, underage cisgender girls are allowed to have gender-affirming care in the form of breast implants, no questions asked.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I believe the legislature just updated the law to allow cities to fly pride flags (and others).
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
A bunch of vandals and grifters have been unleashed on our government, destroying in a year what has taken decades to build. I hate all of them. ‘A Mass Disaster Nonstop’: Inside the Turmoil at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s C.D.C. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Inside the Turmoil at RFK Jr.’s CDC, as Told by Current and Former Employees (Gift Article)
Forty-three current and former C.D.C. employees on the changes they say are replacing science with ideology — and making Americans more vulnerable.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Fucking grift that will make the earth less inhabitable. These fucking guys Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/c...
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Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The whole aesthetic is “1980s high school boy’s fantasy of adulthood.”
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
It was very clear that this was where the Trump Admin (and the Right) was going as soon as the first EO. Trans rights are inextricably linked to women’s rights. We all rise or fall together. This is not hysteria. This is underway now (see: the SAVE Act). www.ms.now/ali-velshi/p...
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The group behind Project 2025 has a chilling new plan for America’s women
Ali Velshi breaks down a new plan from the Heritage Foundation, the group behind Project 2025, aimed at America’s women.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Do faculty ever get a meaningful say in the presidential hiring process today?
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
@ifbookspod.bsky.social you need to do an episode on Arthur C Brooks, happiness grifter and former president of the AEI.
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Christiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
The Indigenous Journalists Association released a reporting guide to help reporters cover Indigenous identity responsibly and ethically. It offers tools and context for navigating heritage, identity fraud, community verification, and more. indigenousjournalists.org/2025/11/ija-...
Cover of the Indigenous Journalists Association’s “Indigenous Identity Reporting Guide.” The top features the IJA logo and title. Below, a photograph shows a dancer from behind wearing traditional regalia, including a large feathered headdress, a yellow woven sash, and beaded leggings. The dancer stands outdoors in front of a building with a mural, with seated attendees visible in the background. The bottom of the cover lists the website “www.indigenousjournalists.org.”
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Given his history of committing fraud, you might be right. Or he has adopted PT Barnum’s motto as his personal ideology: There’s a sucker born every minute.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
This is really interesting! Journalists on the education beat: check it out. #highered
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... “Despite his campaign happy talk about valuing family caregivers, Mr. Trump clearly does not. He has given them not so much a helping hand as a punch in the face, plowing ahead with policy moves that threaten existing support systems.”
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Opinion | ‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 24/10/2025
This should be seen as what it is: a huge step towards ending free and fair elections.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Wtaf? That is absolutely wild.
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Crooked Media @crooked.com · 02/10/2025
Jon Lovett discusses the Riyadh Comedy Festival.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
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Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”
New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Next up: Trump to give medals of honor to those who participated in the Mi Lai massacre.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 27/09/2025
"Starting next month, Goop will be spinning into a global weapons manufacturing unit, as part of our acquisition by Lockheed Martin."
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Attention Goop Employees: We’re Pivoting
My Dear Goopers, I have big news. If you’re not currently lounging in one of the office tranquility pods, I’d encourage you to do so. If you prefer...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 27/09/2025
Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals reut.rs/46I9oj6
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Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals
The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to allow soldiers to keep medals awarded for their roles at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
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Video: Videos Contradict Israel’s Rationale for Deadly Hospital Attack
The strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 20 people. A Times visual analysis calls into question what the Israeli military was initially targeting there, and why its troops attacked a sec...
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Emily L. Hauser (she/her) ❌👑 @emilylhauser.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Kathryn Grody & Mandy Patinkin say what's on my heart every day. "I ask you Jews everywhere all over the world to spend some time alone & think: Is this acceptable & sustainable? How could it be done to you & your ancestors & you turn around & do it to someone else?" The sound he makes at the end.
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Mandy Patinkin on Gaza: A Plea to Jews
YouTube video by The Interview
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!!
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
The irony here is that this idiotic revisionism is coming directly from the heart of the so-called woke elite: faculty at an Ivy League university. Kinda gives the lie to the whole leftist/Marxists-dominate academia argument.
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Is it possible that GOP operatives are the ones spamming me with bazillions of text messages to raise money for dems? I feel like the primary outcome of these campaigns is to piss off supporters of progressive causes.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/06/2025
WE HAVE QUESTIONS… This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they? ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants. How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress?
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Sydney Cheek-O’Donnell @iaskquestions.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
@utah.edu is CIS down?
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 09/06/2025
We will not cower, even in the face of Trump’s militarized escalation. On Saturday, we are going to rise up all across the country in defiance of this administration’s authoritarian agenda. Join the nationwide peaceful protests for No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
(around an image of a map of No Kings events) NO KINGS JUNE 14 - NATIONWIDE DAY OF DEFIANCE nokings.org
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